Railroad-crossing.



N9. 758,964. PATRNTRD MAY 3, 1904.

' H. E. GREEN. Y

RAILROAD CROSSING.

APPLIOATION FILED AUG. 22, 1903.

H0 XODEL.

C E-E6reerv UNITED STATES Patented May 3, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

HADLEY E. GREEN, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

RAILROAD-GROSSI NG.

SPECIFICATION forming' part of Letters Patent No. 758,964, dated May 3,1904.

Application filed August 22, 1903.

To all whom t may concern:

' Be it known that I, HADLEY E. GREEN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana,have invented a new and useful Railroad-Crossing, of which the followingis a specification. l

My invention is an improvement in railroadcrossings, and has for itsobject a continuous crossing, obviating the injurious jar caused by thewheel jumping the fiangeway formed atthe crossing-juncture of two rails.This object is accomplished by providing at thel crossing a flange-railwhich gradually takes the weight on the Harige and returns it again tothe tread of the wheel after the ilangeway has been passed.

My invention consists in providing at a crossing .a triple system ofrails-that is, the usual tread-rail, a guiding flange-rail, and betweenthese two a flange-rail concave in crosssection and adapted to gr uallyreceive the flange of the wheel to support said flange as the treadjumps the fiangeway of the crossingrail and to gradually relievbitselfof the weight of the iiange and return the weight t0 the tread oi' thewheel after the crossing has been passed.

My invention consists also in the novel features of construction andcombination of parts hereinafter described, particularly pointed out inthe claim, and shown in the-accompa nying drawings, in which- Figure lis a perspective view of my crossing. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of aHangerail. Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the rails in position.Fig. 4 is a cross-section showing an additional strengthening-railadded. y

In the drawings, A represents the main or tread rail. At the crossingthere is arranged adjacent and on the inside of the tread-rail a flangeguide-rail B, the base of which contacts with the base of thetread-rail. Thesevare the usual T-shaped rails. Fitting snugly betweenthese two rails, bearing evenly on'their bases Serial No. 170,443. (Nomodel.)

and against their adjacent side portions, is the base C of theiiange-rail. This base carries a Yof the other two. There will .thus beformed a continuous flange-rail overlapping the broken main rails. Asthe wheels approach the crossing the iianges will ride on the concavedportion of the rail, and thus support the wheel while the tread ispassing the flangeway of the rail crossed. As soon as the crossing ispassed the inclination of the portion C will gradually throw the weighton the tread of the wheel. Inlconstructing this crossing the rails A, B,and C are secured by the same bolts, as shown at D.

When desired, a fourth strengthening-rail E can be bolted adjacent therails A, as shown in Fig. 4..

It will be obvious from the above description and from the drawings thatthere will be no jar as the train passes the crossing.

Having thus fully described my'invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A railroad-crossing comprising the main and guide rails, aange-railhaving the continuous base C, arranged between and supported by thebases of the main and guide rails, the longitudinal central raisedportion C', having the intermediate portion O2, adapted to support theflange of a wheel, and inclining downwardly to the base oneach side ofthe intermediate portion, the said central portion having a concavedupper face adapted to receive the wheel-ange.

HADLEY E. GREEN. Witnesses: v

GEORGE J. YoKE, SAMUEL DowDEN.

